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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Tobacco Products Manufacture Of Tobacco Products 12 - Manufacture of tobacco products
190 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
4 June 2013
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Tobacco manufacturer Altadis is to apply for a redundancy procedure affecting 114 employees. This measure will affect marketing, sales, central services and production departments. The company has also announced the closure of its plant in Cadiz by the end of December 2013 and the loss of all 76 jobs. Reportedly the 76 job losses in Cadiz will be carried out through pre-retirement. Both measures are blamed on drop in sales of cigarettes in the last four years.
Sources
6 June 2013: Hispanidad
4 June 2013: Cinco Días
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Altadis, Internal restructuring in Spain, factsheet number 75505, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75505.
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